Kitab al Asnam li Abul Mandhar Hisham bin Muhammad bin Saeb al-Kalbi (An anthropological study (2nd century Hijri) of Idol worship in the then known world. Quran names the idols  worshipped in the days of Noah alaihissalam (Wudd, Suwae, Yaghuth, Ya'ooq, Nasr). also planets and idols in the days of Ibrahim, who said, Rabbi innahunna adhlalna katheera (رب انهن اضللن کثيرامن الناس)... among Bani Israel in the days of Elias (Ba'al)(37.125); in the days of Jahiliyyah in Hijaz (Laat, Mannat, Uzzah) (An-Najm)-- also Asaf, Naila, and Hubul. Ibn Al-Kalbi's study is the first of its kind, heralding the anthropological studies, long time before archeological findings confirmed what Quran had proclaimed.
کتاب الاصنام لابن الکلبي

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